Some protesters freed in Sudan after emergency law lifted

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators who have gathered outside the court carry a picture of their colleague during the procedural session of the trial of demonstrators accused of killing a police brigadier, in Khartoum, Sudan May 29, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese authorities freed several dozen political detainees on Monday though others remain jailed, a lawyers' group said, a day after Sudan's military ruler announced the lifting of the state of emergency imposed after an October coup.

The releases included 24 people connected to the anti-military protest movement in Port Sudan, and another 39 in or near the capital, Khartoum, said the emergency lawyers' committee, an activist group.